Q: Is 8,343,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,343,648 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 8,343,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 29 32 36 37 48 54 58 72 74 81 87 96 108 111 116 144 148 162 174 216 222 232 243 261 288 296 324 333 348 432 444 464 486 522 592 648 666 696 783 864 888 928 972 999 1,044 1,073 1,184 1,296 1,332 1,392 1,566 1,776 1,944 1,998 2,088 2,146 2,349 2,592 2,664 2,784 2,997 3,132 3,219 3,552 3,888 3,996 4,176 4,292 4,698 5,328 5,994 6,264 6,438 7,047 7,776 7,992 8,352 8,584 8,991 9,396 9,657 10,656 11,988 12,528 12,876 14,094 15,984 17,168 17,982 18,792 19,314 23,976 25,056 25,752 28,188 28,971 31,968 34,336 35,964 37,584 38,628 47,952 51,504 56,376 57,942 71,928 75,168 77,256 86,913 95,904 103,008 112,752 115,884 143,856 154,512 173,826 225,504 231,768 260,739 287,712 309,024 347,652 463,536 521,478 695,304 927,072 1,042,956 1,390,608 2,085,912 2,781,216 4,171,824 and 8,343,648, with no remainder.

Since 8,343,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,343,648, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).